COMMERCE - The name Carthel just achieved an even higher profile in Lone Star Conference football.
Texas A&M-Commerce announced the hiring of Colby Carthel as new head football coach at a campus news conference Tuesday.

After a sluggish first half, the West Texas A&M men's basketball team looked more like its usual self in the second while earning a 77-47 victory in nonconference play against Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College at First United Bank Center in Canyon.

The West Texas A&M basketball team started the calendar year in winning fashion with a 65-51 victory over Texas Woman's in Lone Star Conference action at the First United Bank Center in Canyon on Thursday night.

The West Texas A&M women's and men's basketball teams will return to action Thursday with different assignments.
The Lady Buffs (5-8) will host Texas Woman's (3-7) in a Lone Star Conference game at 6 p.m.

After two fairly easy wins over Odessa last weekend, the Amarillo Bulls proved they haven't forgotten how to work for a character win.
Amarillo came from behind to defeat Wichita Falls, 5-3, at the Amarillo Civic Center on Monday night.

The West Texas A&M women's basketball team withstood a spirited effort from a fiery but outgunned Oklahoma Panhandle State team and earned a 76-63 win at the First United Bank Center in Canyon on Saturday.

The Amarillo Bulls will look to continue their dominance of West Texas rival Odessa when the two teams face off for a pair of games at the Amarillo Civic Center Cal Farley Coliseum in North American Hockey League action this weekend.

The story line for the Six-Man Division II state championship game is a simple one as the Follett Panthers (9-4) and Richland Springs Coyotoes (14-0) meet at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.

Six-Man football fans across Texas will likely agree on one thing about the Division II state championship game between Follett (9-4) and Richland Springs (14-0). The consensus is that Follett is the underdog.

West Texas A&M junior defensive lineman Ethan Westbrooks was named the Ron Lenz Daktronics Division II Defensive Player of the Year, an award given by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America. Westbrooks, a native of San Leandro, Calif.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - No single factor was the difference in the West Texas A&M football team's 41-18 loss to Winston-Salem State in a NCAA Division II semifinal loss to Winston-Salem State at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday night.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A historic season for the West Texas A&M football team came to an end in frustrating fashion Saturday night. Winston-Salem State defeated WT, 41-18, in an NCAA Division II semifinal game at Bowman Gray stadium in Winston-Salem, N.

There's no Cinderella story behind this matchup.
Defending state champion Throckmorton (12-1) faces perennial six-man powerhouse Valley (12-1) in a Division I state semifinal game at 6 p.m. Saturday in Snyder.

West Texas A&M football coach Don Carthel has a demeanor common to many coaches - affable, but with a bit of an edge. He's friendly, but you can tell there's an intensity not that far below the surface.

The Don Carthel era of West Texas A&M football has been a success, with this season being the best yet, Carthel was named American Football Coaches Association Division II Region Four Coach of the Year this week.

The next opponent for the West Texas A&M football team in its historic run through the NCAA Division II playoffs is located along Interstate 40 - just about 1,400 miles down the road.
The Buffaloes (12-2) will play Winston-Salem State (13-0) at 5:30 p.

PUEBLO, Colo. - "Courage," wrote C.S. Lewis, "is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point." In West Texas A&M football, what Lewis called "courage" is often called "want-to.

The Colorado State-Pubelo ThunderWolves aren't Notre Dame or Alabama, but they are No. 1. In the NCAA Division II football coaches poll, the ThunderWolves (11-0) are ranked first in the nation. The West Texas A&M Buffaloes (11-2) are ranked No.

There's a new football rivalry in the Southwest. It's only a couple of years old, but like most 2-year-olds, it makes a pretty big noise. The West Texas A&M Buffaloes (11-2) will travel to Pueblo, Colo.

The Valley Patriots six-man football team is in what it hopes is the middle of yet another deep playoff run for the regional powerhouse.
The Patriots (11-1) will face Petersburg (11-1) at 7 p.m. Friday at Mitchell Zimmerman Field in Lockney.

They all count, but these next few really count.
The early-season tournaments are in the books and the West Texas A&M women's basketball team will begin play against Lone Star Conference opponents at 6 p.m.

There's a pretty good chance that the West Texas A&M football team woke up before you did this morning. The Buffaloes (10-2) kick off at 10 a.m. CST Saturday against the Ashland Eagles (11-0) in an NCAA Division II second-round playoff in Ashland, Ohio.

The contrast between the West Texas A&M women's basketball team's first and second game in the Pak-A-Sak Thanksgiving Classic was as dramatic as the difference between grandma's roast turkey and a vending-machine turkey sandwich.

It's late November, which is early-season tournament time in college basketball, and the West Texas A&M women will be getting in on the action by hosting the Pak-A-Sak Thanksgiving Classic on Friday and Saturday at the First United Bank Center.

When the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins kick off Thursday at Jerryworld, the game will mark the continuation of a tradition that has become as much a part of the holiday as pumpkin pie and uncomfortable moments with one's relatives.

The West Texas A&M women's basketball team opens its home schedule at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Bank Center in Canyon. The Lady Buffs (0-3) will host University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in a non-conference game.

In NCAA Division II playoff football, they don't call it the "Sweet Sixteen." But whatever it's called, there now are 16 teams left in the tournament-format playoff for the national championship. And West Texas A&M is one of them.